Jewelry-catch.



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JEWELRY CATCH.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 14, 1912.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

49 IlVI/E/VTOR BY 4 WW J ATTORNEYS DAVID ELLIOTT, OF JOHNSTOWN,PENNSYLVANIA.

J EWELRY- CATCH.

Application filed. June 14, 1912. Serial No. 703,611.

0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID ELLio'rr, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of J ohnstown, in the county of Canibria and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Jewelry-Catches, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in jewelry catches, and moreparticularly to catches for necklaces and other flexible forms ofjewelry.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a simple, durable andeasily made jewelry catch and one by means of which a connection ring orlink may be readily secured and disengaged and from which the connectingring cannot be released by tension on the chain, and which willeffectively prevent the ring from becoming accidentally released in anyposition which it may as sume and which will have no projecting ends orextensions to catch in lace work or other wearing apparel.

My invention will be more readily understood and further objects andadvantages of the invention will more fully appear from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which-Figure 1 shows one form of the invention with a connecting ring securedtherein; Fig. 2 shows another form of the invention with a connectionring about to be released therefrom; Fig. 3 shows still anothermodification; and Fig. 4 shows in cross section a novel form of knobused on the catch.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is an intermediate or stem piece,preferably made of resilient metal, having a suitable ring or link 2 atone end in which a chain is secured, the other end of the stem piecebeing looped back upon itself and then bent down into engagement withthe stem portion proper or the lower side of the link and lying in thesame plane therewith, so that the extremity or end portion 3 of the linkrests upon the lower side of the link and presses resiliently upon it.The extremity of the looped portion 3 where it engages the lower side ofthe loop, is provided with a suitably shaped knob 4 to prevent the endof the loop catching in wearing apparel and to facilitate in operatingthe catch. The side of the knob resting upon the lower side of the linkis preferably Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19,1913.

slightly concaved so as the inner end of the loop from being bent outlaterally.

The manner of engaging and disengaging a connecting ring or link fromthe catch above described, is as follows: The link 5 to be secured inthe catch is held at the inner end of the loop in a plane normal to thestem 1, and is then forced toward the outer end of the loop, whereuponthe lower side of the link is forced between the portion 3 of the loopand the bottom or stem portion 1. After the link is secured in thecatch, any tension on the chain tends to hold the link in its properposition in the outer end of the loop, and if the link is thrown back tothe other end of the loop it is caught in that end and prevented frombecoming disengaged. In order to release thelink from the catch, it isnecessary to move the link toward the inner end of the loop and thenturn it down until the side of the link outside of the loop restsagainst the stem portion 1, and then drawn the link forward in the samedirection in which it was drawn to catch it in the loop, so that thisouter side of the link will be forced under the engaging parts of theloop, whereupon the link is disengaged. It will thus be seen that, torelease the link from the catch, it is necessary to turn it back overthe inner end of the loop and then draw it forward in the same directionin which it was drawn to engage it and in the direction of the normaltension on the chain. The portion 3 of the loop need not necessarilyrest in engagement with the stem portion 1 or lower side of the link, solong as the knob 4 is pressing against this part of the catch; but inthe preferred form of my invention, this portion does press down uponthe stem or lower link side 1 to insure strong pressure between thesetwo parts.

Fig. 2 shows a catch having double loops, one at each end of theintermediate or stem portion 1. The operation of securing anddisengaging the connecting links or rings from this catch is similar tothat above described, except that in this case, the inner curvedportions of the loop 6 are brought close to and preferably intoengagement with each other so that the connection link, on beingreleased, as well as on being engaged in the catch, must be forced downbetween these two adjacent inner portions of the links and then out inthe direction of assist in holding the loop in which the ring or link isto be secured or released.

In the form of catch shown in Fig. 8, one of the loops is formed on theopposite side of the intermediate or stem portion 1 from the other link,but its principle of operation is substantially as described withreference to Fig. 1.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a durable and efficient catchwhich may be bent up from a piece of suitable metal, such as springmetal, and which has no projecting parts to become caught in wearingapparel, and which has no pivoted or sliding springoperated parts whichare liable to become broken or disarranged, and one which is pleasing inappearance.

Having thus described my invention, what I. claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A jewelry catch made from a single piece of metal, said catch havingan intermediate portion the ends of which are looped back and then downupon and into engagement with the intermediate portion and pointed outagain toward the ends of said intermediate portion, the center line ofthe entire piece when complete lying in a single plane so as to presentno ends projecting beyond the loops or laterally thereof, Whereby anengaging catch ring to be released from one of the loops, is moved backover the inner end of the loop and then turned down and forced outwardbetween the engaging parts of the loop and intermediate portion.

2. A jewelry catch made from. a single piece of metal, said catch havingan intermediate portion the ends of which are looped back along and thendown into engagement with the intermediate portion and then pointed outagain along the intermediate portion, the center line of the entirepiece of metal lying in one plane, the inner ends of the loops beingclosely adjacent each other and the looped ends being provided withknobs whereby, to release a catch ring from a loo-p, it must be forcedbetween the adjacent inner ends of the loops and then out between theengaging portions of the loop in which it is caught.

4;. A jewelry catch made of a single piece of resilient metal and havingan intermediate portlon the ends of which are looped back along and thendown upon and into engagement with the intermediate portion.

and pointed out again, the center line of the entire piece when completelying in a single plane, the inner ends of the loops being resilientlyheld in engagement with veach other and the extremities of the loopedportions being pro-vided with knobs having .recessed parts straddlingthe lower side of the loops to hold the ends in the plane of the loops.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

JAs. S. GETTEMY, PAUL R. HIRsH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

